According to an article in the Herald-Tribune, a few parents discovered a video promoting some of the Black Lives Matter agenda available for students and teachers on BrainPOP, a third-party video site that the district uses.ĭuring the tension-filled school board meeting, parents on both sides heatedly discussed a petition, signed by more than 1,000 people that called for “the Sarasota School Board to allow Black Lives Matter to be taught in school.” In the end, superintendent Brennan Asplen decided not to include BLM in school curriculum reasoning that the petition was not clear enough and this debate was “dividing the community.” Drills are reviewed for compliance with agency policy and standards each January. Proposed changes will need to be submitted by the end of January for consideration that year.Last month, a group of concerned parents showed up to a Sarasota County School Board meeting to protest the Black Lives Matter movement being taught in school. Proposed changes need to reflect a quantifiable item that directly applies to fire preparedness. The proposed revisions should include the exact verbiage that is being proposed. Proposed revisions to the checklists can be sent to Marlene Eno-Hendren, FAD, BLM Fire Operations ( Comments should be typed into the “remarks” section of the drill proposed for change. These proposed changes can be sent electronically to the above address for consideration. Proposed changes will need to be submitted by the end of January for consideration that year.Īll resources will be given a field exercise. All field exercises will be reviewed for operational proficiency. The drills can be done in the field on “mock” fires or they can be done in the station. The same items will be reviewed regardless of the location of the drill. These drill formats are for reference only and not part of the written package that is submitted to the local unit at the completion of the review. These drills give the review team members and the local units an opportunity to know in advance what the standards are and what the team will be looking for and give a standardized set of skills testing for agency resources nationwide. Checklists are reviewed for compliance with agency policy and standards each January. Proposed changes need to reflect current national policy and be a quantifiable item that directly applies to fire preparedness. The proposed revisions should include the exact verbiage that is being proposed.

Proposed revisions to the checklists can be sent to Marlene Eno-Hendren, FAD, BLM Fire Operations ( should be typed into the “remarks” section of the checklist proposed for change. These checklists can be sent electronically to the above address for consideration. Interagency Fire Preparedness Readiness Review front pageĬhecklist 1 Unit District Manager/Agency Admin.Ĭhecklist 6 Fire Training and QualificationsĬhecklist 8 Geographic Area Coordination Center The standards reflected in the checklists are established national policy requirements. The checklists reflect the agency standard for operations and performance in each area of review and are not arbitrary standards set by the review team. These checklists are used on all of the Fire and Aviation Directorate (FAD) National Preparedness Reviews to maintain a consistent level of review nationwide. The individual states can request individual items of interest be added to the checklists used in their state review, but these additions must not contradict any established national policy requirements outlined in the standard checklist. Checklists are updated and posted by April 1.

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